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Internet Arcade: Pepper II
Pepper II is an arcade game programmed by Exidy and published in 1982, and, despite its name, there was no predecessor named Pepper or Pepper I. Its gameplay is similar to the game Amidar by Stern.
There are four mazes per level in Pepper II. Each maze has exits leading to 3 other mazes. All four mazes must be filled to advance to the next level. To fill in a maze, the player maneuvers "Pepper" around different segments of the maze. As Pepper travels, he leaves a "zipper". Once he encloses or "zips" a segment, it fills in and points are awarded. If Pepper backtracks on an uncompleted segment, it unzips.
The character "Pepper" is an angel. There are two types of enemies that must be avoided: "Roaming Eyes" and the " Whippersnapper" who unzips all uncompleted, zipped segments by moving over them. Pepper's one defense is to enclose an area containing a pitchfork "energizer", which turns him into a devil for approximately four seconds. At that time he can go after all Roaming Eyes for points. At the same time, the Whippersnapper freezes. There are four pitchforks in the corners of every maze. A deluxe energizer is located in the center of each maze. This energizer alternates between being a pitchfork and a halo symbol. If Pepper encloses the middle area when the energizer is a halo, the Whippersnapper will disappear from the maze.
Points are made for enclosing a segment, consuming a pair of roaming eyes when energized by the pitchfork (similar to Pac-Man), obtaining prizes, completing a maze, and completing 4 mazes. A bonus turn is awarded at 40,000, 50,000, 70,000 or 90,000 points, depending on the dip switch settings.
Each maze also contains a prize in one of the segments. The player must enclose the area it appears in to gain the prize and points, and then the prize is shown beneath the maze.
Identifier arcade_pepper2Creator ExidyDate 1982Emulator pepper2Emulator_ext zipMediatype softwareScanner Internet Archive Python library 0.7.0Publicdate 2014-08-07 19:50:54Addeddate 2014-08-07 19:50:54Year 1982Genre Maze / OutlineCpu M6502Emulator_keybd arcadeBackup_location ia905901_31
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wendylee70 -
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May 19, 2017
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Pepper II
I loved this game when I was a kid. My sister and my mother did as well. I think it is still way cool. Glad someone made it where you can play online!!! Thanks so much for that! I think it's the best game ever!
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CorporateGamer -
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September 4, 2016
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Pepper II on Colecovision
This game is pretty fun for back in the day. A different type of puzzle game compared to PacMan. Although this may not be considered a classic, I can still have hours of fun with this.
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GoodNewsJimDotCom -
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November 14, 2014
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This game is pretty good
There wasn't much to choose from back in the day, but I remember having fun on this when playing it on Colleco. I recommend playing it a bit because it has some fun in it, but it may get old fast as many of those old games did.